Wicked Problems with Velda McCune
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In this episode, Professor Velda McCune talks about the wicked problems project. This project is about how teachers in higher education prepare students for wicked problems. Wicked problems are messy real-world problems that lack obvious solutions and often involve stakeholders with contrasting world views. Examples of wicked problems include the climate emergency, conflict and pandemics. Vel and her colleagues interviewed teachers who taught about these problems, asking them what they did in their teaching and what sort of learning they hoped would happen. Wicked problems project website link: http://www.wickedproblems.ed.ac.uk/ Talking to Sylvie is Olga Rotar, a doctoral researcher and a member of CHERE@LU.
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